Collocation: Integrating Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Services
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...Whereas collocation initiatives are still early in an evaluation process, initial evaluation findings suggest that the approach can lead to increased understanding among child welfare and substance abuse staff, improved relationships among service providers, and better coordination of services for clients (Lee et al., 2009; McAlpine et al., 2001)....
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...Co-location of staff ensures that staff in different agencies are operating in the same physical space, which inherently provides staff with increased opportunities for communication and can help reduce service fragmentation (Ginsburg, 2008; Lee et al, 2009)....
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...Engaging and retaining these clients in treatment has been a critical problem (Choi & Ryan, 2006; USDHHS, 1999)....
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...…cases involving parental substance abuse often result in recurring maltreatment allegations, longer stays in foster care, and reduced likelihood of family reunification (Ryan et al., 2006; Smith & Testa, 2002; USDHHS, 1999; U.S. Government Accounting Office, 1998; Wolock & Magura, 1996)....
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...However, more recently, policymakers, practitioners, and scholars have come to believe that collaboration between substance abuse and child welfare systems can be more effective in engaging the parents in treatment (Colby and Murrell, 1998; Cornerstone Consulting Group, 2002; McAlpine et al., 2001; Peterson, Gable, & Saldana, 1996; Ryan et al., 2006; Semidei et al., 2001; Young & Gardner, 2002)....
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...Similarly, research regarding the collocation of substance abuse specialists in child protective services (CPS) is sparse, and although encouraging regarding intermediate outcomes (McAlpine et al., 2001), remains inconclusive regarding longer term child welfare outcomes (Marsh et al....
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...…between substance abuse and child welfare systems can be more effective in engaging the parents in treatment (Colby and Murrell, 1998; Cornerstone Consulting Group, 2002; McAlpine et al., 2001; Peterson, Gable, & Saldana, 1996; Ryan et al., 2006; Semidei et al., 2001; Young & Gardner, 2002)....
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...Similarly, research regarding the collocation of substance abuse specialists in child protective services (CPS) is sparse, and although encouraging regarding intermediate outcomes (McAlpine et al., 2001), remains inconclusive regarding longer term child welfare outcomes (Marsh et al., 2006)....
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...These policies not only place demands on substanceabusing parents to make significant life changes in relatively brief periods of time, but also place undue burdens on child welfare services to accelerate accurate assessment, referral, and case management services (McAlpine et al., 2001)....
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...First, child welfare staff lacks the training and experience to accurately assess the extent of substance abuse problems of parents investigated for child maltreatment (Semidei et al., 2001; Tracy, 1994; Young et al., 1998)....
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